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“Extra! Extra! Read all abut it! Glass slipper left behind at prince’s ball. Owner unknown, but the search is on!” Follow the prince’s story as you step into your role as a journalist and a chance to report on your own newsworthy event. Understand what journalists do to gather information, discover the most important questions needed for interviews, and learn to differentiate between fact and opinion. Sequence photos to observe how pictures tell a story without words—then add words of your own! Finally, put on your “journalist cap” and apply all you’ve learned to describe an important event in your life. On your way to becoming an ace reporter, you’ll gather critical writing skills to apply to any project.
In this issue students will:
- learn about journalism, journalists, and what reporters do on the job
- follow steps to write a news article
- understand the “who, what, when, where and why” format for reporting
- sequence pictures to order events
- identify facts and opinions
- match glass slippers through careful observation of detail
- analyze a newspaper article to determine possible questions asked
- write about an important event in your life
7 page PDF
